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    GunsGerms‚ and Steel Chapter 2 Summary—Sergio Gonzalez In Chapter 2 of GunsGerms‚ and Steel‚ Jared Diamond uses the example of Polynesia to defend his theory whether the environments in different places can predict or determine what is going to happen in a community in the future. Since Polynesia is made up of several islands‚ it can provide several examples of communities that may differ from each other due to its isolation. That is why some countries are richer/poorer than other and what

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    Everybody has different perspectives‚ but one of the more unique ones is from Jared Diamond. He created the book “GunsGerms and Steel‚” which was later turned into a TV miniseries. In it‚ Diamond travels around the world looking for an answer to a question that was asked by a New Guinean. Eventually‚ he turned to history. He looked at different societies and analyzed what caused them to be the way they were. Finally‚ he found an answer; geographic luck. In Episode 1 and 2 of “GunsGerms and Steel‚” Jared

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    Diamonds Thesis for GunsGerms‚ and Steel Jared Diamond is on a mission to prove his thesis‚ "History followed different courses for different people because of differences among peoples’ environments‚ not because of biological differences among peoples themselves"(Pg 25). He writes many chapters filled with intriguing reasons to prove his thesis. It takes a lot of facts and countless arguments to prove something everyone thinks is true‚ wrong‚ and after reading the book‚ I think Jared completed

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    Today’s Inequality Jared Diamond gets asked an important question “Why you white men have so much cargo and we New Guineans have so little”. To Diamond‚ the question seemed obvious‚ yet he didn’t have an answer. That’s why in “GunsGerms‚ and Steel: Episode 1” Jared Diamond discusses the problem of why some countries have so much while others rarely enough to survive. Also how those rich countries start developing and inventing new technology to help them thrive. At first‚ during the age of the

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    . AP WORLD HISTORY STUDY GUIDE: GunsGerms‚ and Steel Buy and read the assigned chapters ofthe book. o GunsGerms‚ and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback) o Author: Jared Diamond‚ Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (April 1999) o o . . ISBN:03933L7552 . . o Bulleted answers to these questions are due the first day of school‚ worth 50 points Answers MUST BE HANDWRITTEN! Study guides thatwere copied will receive a ZERO! The following strategy is suggested for completing

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    ​kleptocrats​ ​seeking​ ​public​ ​support​ ​by​ ​promising​ ​a​ ​higher​ ​ratio​ ​of services​ ​rendered​ ​to​ ​fruite​ ​stolen”(Diamond​ ​276). Government officials who ran for their positions did not get to where they are now because of their honesty and trying to mankind great.

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    The book GunsGerms‚ and Steel is about how many different things attributed to the succession of societies versus the destruction of other societies. The book starts out with the author‚ Jared Diamond‚ in New Guinea talking to a New Guinean politician named Yali. Yali asked Diamond "Why white men developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea where we black people had little cargo of our own?" Diamond was determined to seek an answer to Yali’s question. Diamond surrounds his answer on how

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    GunsGerms‚ and Steel by Jered Diamond Chapter 14: From Egalitarianism to Kleptocracy The thesis of this Chapter from “GunsGerms‚ and Steel” by Jered Diamond‚ describes the development of civilized mankind from the last Ice Age until modern times: the ways in which people evolved from small groups called “Bands‚” to the way almost all of us live today‚ which is in “States.” The topic is interesting but the author rambles his way through this evolution. I think that this chapter could be

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    Milo Fradianni GermsGuns and Steel WHAP Gavigan GunsGerms‚ and Steel The Fates of Human Societies Jared Diamond Prologue: Throughout the book; GunsGerms‚ and Steel‚ Jared Diamond answers a very controversial question; why is it that European people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea‚ but the natives of New Guinea had little cargo of their own? Societies prosper depending on the abundance of natural resources which are at their disposal

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    history to explain how Africans came to be in current economic status. At the heart of this African story lies the story of European occupation and subsequent colonization of Africa. To weave his story together‚ Diamond explains how through gunsgerms and steel‚ the Europeans exercised an advantage over the Africans. However‚ Diamond makes it clear that it is Geography‚ rather than above factors‚ that has in history played a greater role in influencing the European and African economic and technological

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